To:A. V. LUNACHARSKY

Published:First published in 1933 inLenin Miscellany XXIII.

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12.IX.1921.

§ 10ofthe September 9 law on measures to improve the
supply of schools makes it binding on the People’s
Commissariat for Education to issue instructions.

Theremust be especial caution over § 6 (the end, the
right of
exchange).[1]This should be allowed not otherwise
than with full submission of accounts by a given date;
detailed rules; otherwise, imprisonment for stealing.

Co-ordinatewith the People’s Commissariat for Justice
and show me before signing.

Thesame on § 8—fees for libraries and clubs.

Thereshould be extreme caution; we can’t hamper
attendance. Show mebeforesigning.

V.Ulyanov(Lenin)Chairman, C.P.C.

[1]§ 6ofthe decision dealt with the granting to schools of the right
to exchange articles of state supply they did not need for the
necessary foodstuffs. § 8 included the point about voluntary
“self-assessment” by those who used libraries and clubs.